I don’t know how they do it. The Travelers I mean. Once again they have turned an MSIA gathering into a transformational seminar for me. When I arrived at the Christmas Eve celebration in Santa Monica I was pretty grumpy. My attitude could be summed up with the old saying “Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, guess I’ll eat some worms.” Yet by the end of the evening all was right with the world and I had moved into the Christmas Spirit.
How do they do that? After 30 years of studying with John-Roger and John Morton you’d think that I would have it figured out by now but all I know is that if I bring my troubles to an MSIA event they will dissolve away. A pretty nice Christmas present I’d say. Thanks J-R. Thanks John.
Now for the business at hand, telling you about the Christmas Eve program. It was a pretty full schedule with lots of original entertainment, and a few Christmas standards thrown into the mix. The Lurie family led by Mark and Julie (who was looking radiant by the way) were our MC’s for the evening and they got right down to it introducing an original piece called “Christ When I Arise” for harp, flute and voice by David Stern the
